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trift, in the department of the Girondc, before the revolu- 

 tion the capital of Bnzadois, and fee of a bi(hop. It is 

 feated on a rock, and the number of inhabitants is com- 

 puted nt ;coo. N. 1st. 44" 26'. W. long, o" 30'. 



BAZEILLE, St., a town of France, in the department 

 of the Lot and Garonne, in the diftrid of Marmande, i 

 IcajTije N. W. of Nfarmande. 



B.A.ZC".EMDGES, in Ntiluml Hi/Ion, the name of a 

 fubftancc uf .d by the Turks, and other tafterii nations, in 

 their fear! -t dyincj : they mix it for this purpofe with co- 

 chineal and tartar, the proportions being two ounces of 

 the bazrjend'^es to one ounce of cochineal. 



The bav.^endges fcem to be no other than the horns of 

 the turpentine tree in the eallrrn parts of the world ; and 

 it is not only in Syria that they are found, but Ciiina alfo 

 affords them! M;iny things of this kind were lent over 

 to M. GeofTroy at Pans from China, as the fubftancts 

 ufed in the fcarlct dying of that country, and they all 

 proved wholly the fame with the Synaii and Turkifh baz- 

 "•endges, and with the common turpentine horns. The 

 fentilij or mallic tree is alfo freciuently found produciiig 

 many horns, of a like kind with theft, and of the fame 

 origin, all being owing to the piiaroiis, which make their 

 way into the leaves, and breed their young there. Reau- 

 mur's Hift. of Inftfts, vol.vi. p. 37. 



BAZIEGE, in Geography, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment oftlie upper Garonne, and chief place of a canton, 

 in tlie dillria of Villefranche, 4 leagues S.E. of Touloufe. 



BAZIN, NiccoLAS, in Biography, a French phyfician 

 and correfponding Member of the academy of Sciences at 

 Paris, graduated at Strafbourg, where he afterwards reiid- 

 ed, and acquired confiderable reputation as a practitioner 

 in medicine, though his attention was principally turned to 

 the ftudv of natural hiftot^, which he enriched with the 

 following valuable produftioi •". " Obfcrvations fur les plan- 

 tes, et fur leur analogic avcc les infeftes." Strafbourg, 1741, 

 8vo. He believed that plants refpired, and that the juices 

 abforbtd by them for tiiclr nouri(hment were digelled, or 

 concofled in the root, prior to their diftribntion. " Hif- 

 toire des Abcilles," 2 vol. izmo. Paris, 1744. " Lettre au 

 fujet des animaux, appelles polypes," i 745, i2nio. He died 

 in March 1754. Hall. Bib. Bot. Eloy. Dia. Hill. 



BAZIRA, in Ancient Geography, now Bijore, a dlllrift 

 of a territory adjoining to the country of the Affaceni, or 

 Affacani, correfponding to the prefent Sewad or Sowhad, be- 

 tween the rivers Bijore and Penjekorehin Hindooftan. When 

 Alexander had taken Maflaga, the capital of the Affaceni, 

 by alfault, he fummoned Bazira, the capital of the next ad- 

 iacent territory ; and the modern dillridt of Bijore prefcnts 

 itftlf in a pofition that anfwers mod unequivocally to that 

 of Bazira ; and the fmiilarity of their names is no Itfs ftrik- 

 ing. See Bijore. 



BAZIRGION, a town of Perfia, iu the province of 

 I^ariftan, 57 miles ead of Lar. 



BAZltJM, a promontory of Egypt, on the weftein coad 

 of the Red Sea. Ptolemy. 



BAZOCHE, or Basocht, in Law, formerly a royal 

 kind of juiifdifftion excrciftd among the clerks of the palais, 

 er courts of jullice at Paris. It was adminiftered in the 

 name and by the authority of the king of Bazocke, roi <!e la 

 Ba^uche, by virtue of an ancient grant of the kings of France; 

 the elder among the clerks were the officers ; and he who pre- 

 fided was the chancellor. This court only took cognizance 

 of caufes anu)ng the clerks, or between clerks and artificers 

 for goods bought, or work done. The freedom they txereifed 

 with regard to private characters in their inquifition and re- 

 monllrances, occafumed fcvtral arrets to rtlham their power, 

 and prohibit theii- holding picas withoat leave. 



A coUeflion of ftatwtes, ordonnancs, regulations, moni!. 

 ment?, and prerogatives of the kingdom of Bazoche, wa* 

 publilhed at Paris in 1654, 8vo. 



Bazoche, Ea, in Geography, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Eure and Loire, and chief place of a ca;:ton, 

 in the dillricl of Nogent le Rotron, 5 miles S.E. of Authon. 

 BAZOCHES, a town of France, in the departmint o? 

 the Orne, ar.d elrtf place of a canton, in the diltridl of Ar- 

 gcntan, 9 miles IJJ.W. of Argentan. — Alfo, a town of France, 

 in the department of the Loiret, and chief place of a canton^ 

 in the dillrift of Neuvillc-Aux-Bois, 6 miles N.of Neuville. — 

 Alfo, a town of France, in the department of the Aifnc, and 

 chief place of a canton, in the dillrift of Soiffons, 4 leagues 

 E. of Soiffons. 



BAZOGE, La, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Sarte, and chief place of a canton, in the dillrid of 

 le Mans, fix miles N. of le Mans. 



BAZOUGERS, a town of Fr»nce, in the department 

 of the Mayenne, and chief place of a canton, in the ditlnd 

 of Laval, 2\ leagues S. E. of I^aval. 



BAZOUGES la Perousf, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Ille and Vilaine, and chief place of a can- 

 ton, in the dlllrift of Dol, 3^ leagues S. S. E. of Dol. 



BDELLIUM, $^:\>Mj, an aromatic gimi, brought from 

 the I^evant, of iome ufe, both as a medicine and a perfume. 

 The word is fuppofed to have been formed of the Hcbrcwr 

 n'^T^, hilolla.'h, which the Englifli tranijators render by 

 the appellation bdellium. It is alfo written bedellitim, bedello, 

 plellium, pclaliium, mcgalium, and telimim. 



There is much uncertainty concerning both the plant and 

 the place of its produftion, which is fuppofed to be in Afri- 

 ca. We find mention of the name both among the anciert 

 naturalKls, and in Scripture ; but it is doubtful whether any 

 of thefe be the fame with the modern kind. As for the 

 Scripture bdellium, we know very little of it. Mofes def- 

 cribcs manna as of the colour of bdellium ; and Jofephus ex- 

 plains the paifage, b^- faying it is the gum of a tree refembling 

 the olive tree ; and that the manna wherewith the Jews were 

 fed in the defart refemblcd tliis drug. — But Scaliger and 

 others fet afide this explication, and own they do not know 

 what the bdellium mentioned in Scripture is. 



The bdellium of the moderns is a gum refin in irregular 

 brittle maffes, of a deep brown when broken, interfperfed 

 with more tranfparent parts ; and mixed with fmall twi"-s 

 and other accidental impurities. its external appearance 

 a good deal refcmbles myrrh. The fmell of this cnm-ri- 

 fin is fomewhdt fragrant, and its tafle foniewhat bluer and 

 pungent. It grows foft and tenacious when chewed. It 

 burns with eaie, giving a fragrant fmoke and a crackling 

 noife. It is partly foluble in alcohol, and partly in wa- 

 ter, or completely (the impurities excepted) in diluted 

 fpirit. By Neuman's experiments only about ore fixth 

 is pure relin. The watery fokitioii is lea-green, the fpi- 

 rltuous red. DlfliUed with water it impregnates the liw 

 Cjuid with its flavotir, but it does not yield any fenii- 

 ble q '.antity of effential oil, when only a iroderate quan- 

 tity IS ufed. 



BdeUium was formerly employed as a flimulating remedy, 

 chiefly for external application, and is lUU retained in fome 

 of the warm plafters of the Paris difpenfatorie: . It is entirely 

 difufed here, and fcldom to be ften in the (hops. It re- 



Ihops 



fembles myrrh in its properties, but let's in degre.', and 

 very defervcdly neglecled. Murray. Lewis, Li Grange 

 Elem. de Pharm. 



BEACH Fork, in Geography, a branch of Salt river, 

 which rifes in Nelfon county, Kentucky, in America. On 

 this river is found a fine clay, which it is thought might 

 be manufaclured into good porcelain. 



BEACHy. 



